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Hugh Hewitt: The Blagojevitch Tapes
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
These tapes are going to be very interesting. Even though it seems certain that the Illinois governor will be indicted, Blagojevitch still gets to name the president-elect's replacement in the U.S. Senate. Whoever that turns out to be, he or she will carry at least some of the taint of Blagojevitch into the 2010 elections. Has the Illinois GOP managed to find credible candidates for the statehouse or the U.S. Senate?
Hugh Hewitt: The Blagojevich Tapes
Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog —
These tapes are going to be very interesting. Even though it seems certain that the Illinois governor will be indicted, Blagojevich still gets to name the president-elect's replacement in the U.S. Senate. Whoever that turns out to be, he or she will carry at least some of the taint of Blagojevich into the 2010 elections. Has the Illinois GOP managed to find credible candidates for the statehouse or the U.S. Senate?
Federal Agents Taped Gov. Blagoejvich: Report
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... once-tight inner circle appears to be collapsing under the pressure of myriad pay-to-play inquiries.
Wyma, Blagojevich's chief of staff when he was in Congress, has long been one of the few advisers trusted by Blagojevich and kept in the loop on matters of policy and politics. As the federal probe intensified, Wyma met privately with the governor and his former chief of staff at the governor's campaign headquarters on the North Side for 90 minutes on Oct. 22.
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Report: Feds Secretly Taped Blagojevich
TPMMuckraker —
... Federal agents recently worked with one of Rod Blagojevich's closest former aides to secretly tape the Illinois governor as part of a wide-ranging probe into corruption in his administration, reports the Chicago Tribune. ...
Rezko, the Illinois Governor and Obama's Senate Replacement
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... On December 5th, the Chicago Tribune announced that the Feds had taped Blagojevich recently as he spoke about the Rezko investigation with his former Congressional Chief of Staff, John Wyma (now a lobbyist with big connections; i.e, Blagojevich). Wyma, according to the Tribune (and likely leaked by the Feds as an effort to break loose information from Rezko and other "witnesses") was, as they say, "wired." On December 6th, ...
Blagojevich, Illinois Governor Arrested (VIDEO)
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... innocent and are entitled to a fair trial at which the government has the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Curses abound in the Blagojevich indictment -- particularly the f-word, which is used 18 times.
Blagojevich has become incredibly unpopular in Illinois. Read more about Blagojevich's arrest, Blagojevich arrested, Illinois governor arrested, Rod Blagojevich arrested. Read more about how Feds taped Blagojevich. Read more about Blagojevich, Governor Blagojevich. Read more ...
Fitzgerald on Tribune: 'I have to take my hat off'
Michael Calderone's Blog —
... Patrick Fitzgerald praised the Chicago Tribune during today’s press conference because the paper honored a request to hold off on publishing information about the investigation of Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The investigation involved bugs and wiretaps.
“We made an urgent request for the Tribune not to publish that story,” Fitzgerald said.
“I have to take my hat off" to the paper, Fitzgerald added.
It wasn't until Dec. 5 when the Tribune first reported on covert recordings, several weeks after the investigation began. ...
Rahm Almost Certainly Didn’t Bust Blagojevich
Firedoglake —
... In addition, Rahm's potential involvement doesn't correlate with the Tribune's understanding of the wiretaps, which seem to closely relate to John Wyma's decision to cooperate with Fitz. ...
